Parallel GEN 30:3

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BSB § Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me,[fn] so that through her I too can build a family.”

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OEB She said, ‘Here is my slave-girl Bilhah, go to her, so that she may bear sons who can be laid on my knees and I also may obtain children though her.’

WEB She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”

NET She replied, “Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”

LSV And she says, “Behold, my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she bears on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her”;

FBV “Here's my personal maid Bilhah,” Rachel replied. “Sleep with her and she can have children for me so I'll have a family too.”

T4T Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. ◄Sleep with/Have sex with► [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though ◄I have children/her children are mine►.”

LEB Then she said, “Here is my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children as my surrogate.[fn] Then I will evenhave children[fn] by her.”

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BBE Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.'

ASV And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

DRA But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.

YLT And she saith, 'Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

DBY And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.

RV And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

WBS And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

KJB And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.[fn]
  (And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.)

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BB Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her.
  (Then she said: Here is my maid Bilha, go in unto her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I also may have children by her.)

GNV And she said, Behold my maide Bilhah, goe in to her, and she shall beare vpon my knees, and I shall haue children also by her.
  (And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I shall have children also by her. )

CB Neuertheles she sayde: Beholde, there is Bilha my mayden, lye wt her, yt she maye beare vpon my lappe, & that I maye be increased by her.
  (Nevertheless she said: Behold, there is Bilha my mayden, lye with her, it she may bear upon my lappe, and that I may be increased by her.)

WYC And sche seide, Y haue `a seruauntesse Bala, entre thou to hir that she childe on my knees, and that Y haue sones of hir.
  (And she said, I have `a servantsse Bala, enter thou/you to her that she childe on my knees, and that I have sons of her.)

LUT Sie aber sprach: Siehe, da ist meine Magd Bilha; lege dich zu ihr, daß sie auf meinem Schoß gebäre, und ich doch durch sie erbauet werde.
  (They/She but spoke: Siehe, there is my Magd Bilha; lege you/yourself to ihr, that they/she/them on my Schoß gebäre, and I though/but through they/she/them erbauet become.)

CLV At illa: Habeo, inquit, famulam Balam: ingredere ad illam, ut pariat super genua mea, et habeam ex illa filios.
  (At illa: Habeo, inquit, famulam Balam: ingredere to illam, as pariat super genua mea, and habeam ex illa filios. )

BRN And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.

BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τῷ Ἰακὼβ, ἰδοὺ ἡ παιδίσκη μου Βαλλά· εἴσελθε πρὸς αὐτήν· καὶ τέξεται ἐπὶ τῶν γονάτων μου, καὶ τεκνοποιήσομαι κᾀγὼ ἐξ αὐτῆς.
  (Eipe de Ɽaⱪaʸl tōi Yakōb, idou haʸ paidiskaʸ mou Balla; eiselthe pros autaʸn; kai texetai epi tōn gonatōn mou, kai teknopoiaʸsomai kᾀgō ex autaʸs. )